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Yahoo! Mail is a Web-based Email (webmail) service from Yahoo! . It is the largest 1 e-mail provider on the Internet , serving millions of users.2 Yahoo! Mail's major competitors include Hotmail , Gmail , and AIM Mail . Yahoo! Mail Beta , a significantly different and advanced version, is currently under heavy development and is set to replace the current version of Yahoo! Mail when it is complete. It is currently in public beta. Development of what has now become Yahoo! Mail Beta started in July 2004 , although it is possible other prototypes were in development before then. It is currently compatible with Internet Explorer 7 and Camino as well as Firefox (as part of Yahoo!'s plan to eventually upgrade all of their sites to be compatible with Firefox3). Although usable under Opera and Safari there are slight visual problems regarding the layout. As of August 26 2007, the AJAX version of Yahoo! Mail is considered complete, and gradually being rolled out to users. It replaces the older, classic version to become the default interface for Yahoo! Mail. YAHOO! MAIL AJAX In September 2005 Yahoo! began beta testing a significantly enhanced version of their e-mail service, based on Ajax scripting acquired from Oddpost , along with new philosophical approaches to email, including the Oddpost design philosophy (which Google made heavy use of in Gmail): As Mail Beta is based on Oddpost, it features the same underlying code base, including the implementation of this design concept to minimize the amount of data sent during an email session by creating a JavaScript UI engine on the client side and sending "Datapacks" instead of reloading the whole interface on every click like a traditional webmail service {Link without Title} (e.g. traditional Yahoo! Mail). This makes the service much faster than its counterparts. However, unlike Oddpost, Yahoo! Mail Beta runs on a variety of OS's and browsers, and runs perfectly under Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox . It does not work with the MacOS X default browser, Safari , however it does run in Safari under Windows . The Look And Feel of the new version is designed to mimic a Desktop E-mail Client , and it offers unlimited storage space, tabbed emails, RSS feeds, drag-and-drop capabilities, advanced keyboard shortcuts, advanced search, integration with Yahoo! Calendar and Messenger , Domain Keys , address auto-complete and more. Yahoo Mail Beta also has a mascot called Liam, who is basically a little boy, who is shown in the "Help" panel as well as in the loading screen. Liam is "mail" spelled backward. Introduction Wide-scale beta release of the new version was introduced in late 2006, {Link without Title} and as of September 2006, active users who sign up get the new Yahoo! Mail Beta immediately. In November 2006, the Mail Beta team announced plans of integrating Yahoo! Messenger functionality with the Mail Beta interface. [http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/single-ajax-interface-for-yahoo-mail-im-coming/ This service was deployed in March, 2007. Reaction Public and critical reaction to the new product has been positive,4 although a number of users have encountered speed issues, which can render the client very difficult to use, especially on older hardware. Each update to the Beta has included significant speed improvements, and the Mail Beta team is still focused on improving speed issues. For example, the earlier versions of Mail Beta featured a loading screen everytime you access mail. However, with various updates Mail Beta now appears immediately (no loading screen). It is unclear when Mail Beta will leave Beta stage, as there are certain features (e.g. Notepad and other features) that are still missing from the application, as well as features that are wholly original to Mail Beta. Completion On August 26, 2007 Yahoo! Mail left beta and now the two versions which exist are known as Yahoo! Mail (the default interface) and Yahoo! Mail Classic (an updated version of the current interface). The announcement was made on Yahoo! Mail blog by John Kremer,Vice President, Yahoo! Mail and the major improvements relate to intelligent shortcuts, SMS Messaging, and improved search The final version would be rolled out to users over the coming weeks. Features
Open Source Nature In Late 2006 it was announced that Yahoo! Mail will be Open Source . Yahoo Mail Goes Open Source Screenshots |
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